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Old 5th Mar 2021, 10:48
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Red Arrows Gnats

Pre all the health and safety madness...

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A classic film, which I inspired me and I suspect a lot more, to join the RAF.
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Some names the older amongst may remember - at far higher rank...
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Red Arrows shot Kemble?
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Red Arrows shot Kemble?
98% of it, yes! Seems a few snips edited in such as low level over rough moorland-type ground and and even a shot of Valley(?) but the vast majority at Kemble.

Was actually standing on the old Reds pan just a couple of months ago with a friend who works at Kemble - talk about memories of better days (late 1970's) now long gone!

Ho hum!
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Perfect timing. I had been looking for pictures of “twinkle rolls” and there they are at 7:00.

I love the jazz-flute music - so evocative of 1960s documentaries and cinema ads.
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Ah yes, Pearl & Dean......
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I love the jazz-flute music - so evocative of 1960s documentaries and cinema ads.
Brian Bennett apparently...
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This is also a very evocative film from the Reds Gnat era.

Brings back lots of memories.

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Pre all the health and safety madness...
This is always my goto never allowed to that again
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Is the 2nd Seaking "02" in the background the one that crashed in Indonesia in 2005?
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That roll rate just has to be seen to be believed.
What a fabulous little jet it was.
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That roll rate just has to be seen to be believed.
What a fabulous little jet it was.
.......F13
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That roll rate just has to be seen to be believed.
What a fabulous little jet it was.
The Reds Gnats had modifications to the ailerons to enhance the rate of roll, I believe it achieved 420deg second

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The Reds Gnats had modifications to the ailerons to enhance the rate of roll, I believe it achieved 420deg second
.......F13
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.......F13
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??????????
Gnat Roll Rate and that fuse.
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Old 6th Mar 2021, 22:50
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Fuse 13. An electrical circuit limited aileron deflexion at higher speeds; with fuse 13 removed full aileron was available which increased the roll rate significantly - although it was more than sufficient with the fuse intact!
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Ahhh - thank you.
V. interesting.
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Lovely video...what a safe but boring world we live in now!
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